Preview — Favre
by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Favre: The Man. The Legend.

With the insider perspective that the award-winning writers and photographers of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel provide, Favre: The Man. The Legend. is a comprehensive retrospective of the life and times of the three-time MVP and Super Bowl champion. This biography traces his humble beginnings in rural southern Mississippi, and follows his career at the University of SouthWith the insider perspective that the award-winning writers and photographers of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel provide, Favre: The Man. The Legend. is a comprehensive retrospective of the life and times of the three-time MVP and Super Bowl champion. This biography traces his humble beginnings in rural southern Mississippi, and follows his career at the University of Southern Mississippi, his tumultuous rookie year with the Atlanta Falcons, the trade that brought him to the Green Bay Packers and the storybook career that followed. This keepsake also features an audio CD with exclusive interviews with Favre’s former coaches and teammates, stunning photos from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel archives that follow the memorable ups and downs of Favre’s historic career, as well as an extensive statistical analysis of Favre’s legendary career, including a list of the injuries he fought through to keep his record-setting consecutive starts steak alive....more

Hardcover, 176 pages

Published
May 1st 2008
by Triumph Books
(first published January 1st 2008)

Community Reviews

this book was about a football player named Brett Favre. He played for the green bay packers in the NFL. Brett was a quarter back and he was number 4 .Later in the season, Brett was the starting quarter back for the packers. This book talks about Brett's life and making it into the NFL .Brett's dad was his high school football coach. In high school,Brett was bring the coaches from every where to watch him play. He had a monster arm and the coaches definitely noticed his accuracy .In practice,this book was about a football player named Brett Favre. He played for the green bay packers in the NFL. Brett was a quarter back and he was number 4 .Later in the season, Brett was the starting quarter back for the packers. This book talks about Brett's life and making it into the NFL .Brett's dad was his high school football coach. In high school,Brett was bring the coaches from every where to watch him play. He had a monster arm and the coaches definitely noticed his accuracy .In practice, Brett threw a pass to one of his receivers and broke one of there pinkies! Since Brett is a quarter back,he gets sacked a lot, which could lead to quit a bit of pain. And what do football players take when there hurt? painkillers. Brett would always be hurting, so he started taking painkillers. But Brett would later realize that he was addicted to them. Brett would take as many as 15 pills a night! One day at one of his games, Brett admitted to everybody that he was addicted to painkillers. So he got help to stop the addiction. My opinion of the book is that it is a really good and descriptive book. You learn a lot about the football player(Brett Favre). I would recommend to read this book if your interested in football and learning about the football players. ...more